Display-rack.



No. 840,112. I PATENTED JAN. 1, 1907.

r G. S. GOPP & L. FRANK.

DISPLAY RACK.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 12, 1905.

1n: NURRIS PETERS co., wasmncnm. n4 :2

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. CURTIS s. COPP AND LOUIS FRANK, or JACKSONVILLE, ILLINOIS.

DISPLAY-RACK.

Patented Jan. 1, 1907.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known'that we, CURTIS S. Corr and LoUIs FRANK, citizens of the United States,

residing at Jacksonville, in the county of Morgan and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Racks, of which the following is a specication.

Our invention relates to racks for displaying bolts of lace, trimming, &c.; and it consists of an inclosed case having a grill consisting of a number of rods secured to end bars set at an angle in the case and beneath said grill aseries of grooved shelves arranged in a step form, the rear edge of the shelves being lower than the front edge. A number of division-bars are also slidably secured on the grill of rods to divide the rack intola number of compartments.

The construction and advantages of our invention willv be fully explained hereinafter and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front view of our improved display-rack; Fig. 2, an, end view; Fig. 3, a detail view showing the manner of mounting the division-bars.

In the drawings'similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

A represents a rectangularcase having its front, sides, and top provided with glass or other transparent material and its rear with doors admitting to the inside of the case, this construction being the ordinary construction of show-cases.

B represents open frames secured in each end and the middle of the case, said frames having their top and bottom edges parallel and set at'an angle of about thirty-two degrees and with their front ends secured to the base-plate of the show-case The top edge 0 of frame B is provided with a series of slots 0, in Which are adapted to seat a number of rods D, while the top edge of the lower railE of the frames are cut into step form, as shown at c, with shelves F secured thereto, said step forms being out so that the front edges of the shelves are higher than the rear edges. The shelves F are longitudinally grooved, as shown at f, to receive the bottom edges of the reels C, the upper portion thereof reclining against the rods D. i

H H represent bars slidably secured to the top and bottom rods and which are adapted 'to be adjusted on said rods so as to arrange the rack in sections of any selected width to accommodate the width of the reels. To prevent the bars H from scratching or abrading the rods 1), we cover their bottom edges with felt or other non-abrasive material, (indicated by J.)

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is 1. In combination with a show-case, open frames secured in said show-case, the upper edges of said frames being transversely grooved, rods seated in said grooves, the lower rails of said frames having their top edges cut into step forms having their front edges higher than their rear edges, shelves secured to said step forms having their top surface longitudinally grooved, and bars slidably mounted on said rods, substantially as shown and described.

2. In combination with a show-case, open rhomboidal-shaped frames secured in said show-case, the upper edges of said frames being transversely grooved, rods seated in said grooves, the lower rails of said frames having their top edges cut into step forms having their frontedges higher than their rear edges, shelves secured to said step forms having their top surface longitudinally grooved, and bars slidably mounted on said rods, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof We hereto afliX our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

CURTIS S. COPP. LOUIS FRANK.

Witnesses:

JAMES 0. BABE, PEROIVAL V. 000mm. 

